小说

xiǎo shuō/

xiǎo yuè

HSK 2Noun (名)

Basic Meaning

This term broadly refers to the prose fiction genre. It can be categorized by length: 长篇小说 (novel), 中篇小说 (novella), and 短篇小说 (short story).

novel; fiction (as a literary genre)

一种叙事性的文学体裁，通过人物的塑造和情节、环境的描述来概括地表现社会生活。一般分为长篇小说、中篇小说和短篇小说。

Words:

小说角色小说故事

Sentences:

我(wǒ)最(zuì)喜(xǐ)欢(huān)在(zài)假(jià)期(qī)里(lǐ)读(dú)一(yì)本(běn)好(hǎo)的(de)小(xiǎo)说(shuō)。
I like reading a good novel best during the holidays.
这(zhè)部(bù)小(xiǎo)说(shuō)的(de)故(gù)事(shì)发(fā)生(shēng)在(zài)未(wèi)来(lái)的(de)世(shì)界(jiè)。
The story of this novel is set in a future world.
他(tā)用(yòng)了(le)三(sān)年(nián)时(shí)间(jiān)来(lái)写(xiě)自(zì)己(jǐ)的(de)第(dì)一(yī)本(běn)小(xiǎo)说(shuō)。
He spent three years writing his first novel.

small

to say. to speak